Interface analysis

Agreement about the rules governing decisions and information along the lines of interface between Person A and Person B   Considerable disruptions to work frequently occur where varying expectations exist with regard to the decision and information rules (meta-rules). As well as the content, every interaction at the same time dilute the limits of jurisdiction/responsibility. […]

Corkscrew Dialogue

Corkscrew Dialogues:                     Dive down beneath the visible surface of symptoms to the area of internal motivations, to bring old problems to the surface and air them    Example:          A woman arrives late. Her husband is ill and she had to take a child to the kindergarten […]

Meeting Preparation

Questions on meeting preparation What is the reason for the meeting? What advance information do I have? Is it about facts? What have I noticed myself? Is the information first or second hand? Can it be used? What information is based on assumptions? Which role am I acting in? Is this part of my role? […]

Meta-Model of language

  The term "inadequate productivity" (as a linguistic representation) will be understood in six different ways by six different members of staff, since they have six different experiences with it.   In individual cases, the term "insufficient productivity" could also be hiding deeper structures (previous experiences, assumptions etc.) under its surface, which the individual is […]

Contact/ Rapport

There are many idioms and sayings that describe what happens between two people who have a good connection: they can read each others minds, they have a direct line, they are on the same wavelength, they have a special chemistry, they sympathise etc.   When this is the case, meetings, talks and negotiations – even […]